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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2022
Applicant:
Pantheon Spinal, Llc, Austin, TX (US);
Inventor:
Scott Spann, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/44 (2006.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61F 2/46 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/4611 (2013.01); A61B 17/02 (2013.01); A61F 2/44 (2013.01); A61F 2/4455 (2013.01); A61F 2/446 (2013.01); A61F 2/4465 (2013.01); A61F 2/447 (2013.01); A61F 2/4684 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30538 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30593 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30772 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30777 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30784 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30843 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4627 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4629 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0006 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed methods, devices and systems are suitable for performing a minimally-invasive procedure for accessing the intervertebral space along an oblique pathway with an insertion instrument that holds a disc implant, and reorienting the angular relationship between instrument and implant while the implant is inside the body (for example at or within the disc space).